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Historical Events
467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1065 - Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1111 - Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1204 - 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
1229 - Queen Blanche of Castile & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
1545 - French King Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1557 - Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
1606 - England adopts the Union Flag, replaced in 1801 by current Union Flag/Union Jack
1648 - University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
1654 - Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State
1713 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
1770 - Townsend Acts repealed
1776 - Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
1782 - Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1787 - Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
1811 - 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA
1820 - Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1826 - Weber's opera "Oberon" premieres in London
1844 - Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States
1857 - Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1859 - Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
1861 - Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
1862 - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1863 - -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
Confederate General/KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest1864 - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1872 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)
1877 - British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1883 - French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
1887 - Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" premieres in Oslo
1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
1893 - Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
1894 - British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1896 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1898 - Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
1900 - The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May)
Outlaw Jesse James1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1905 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1907 - Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907 - In Switzerland, parliament passes a new army bill reorganizing the nation's forces into a standing militia, with training required for all males
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1909 - Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1916 - Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee
1917 - Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1917 - Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1919 - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1926 - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek1927 - Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1930 - 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
1930 - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1931 - Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1932 - Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1933 - Moffatt Field commissioned
1934 - Second highest ever wind spped of 372 km/h (231 mph) recorded on Mt Washington
1934 - The US Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1935 - Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1935 - Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1935 - First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
1937 - Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby, England.
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1938 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1938 - US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1940 - Italy annexes Albania
1940 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
1941 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
Dictator of Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler1941 - Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalarn consults with Hitler
1942 - 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
1942 - Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1943 - Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1943 - Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1944 - Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind" premieres in NYC
1945 - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
1945 - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1945 - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1946 - Syria gains independence from France
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 - Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1953 - 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
Golfer Ben Hogan1953 - KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1954 - 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1955 - 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1955 - salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1956 - Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
1957 - Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 - 12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
Medical Researcher and Virologist Jonas Salk1958 - Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
1959 - 13th Tony Awards: J B & Redhead win
1065 - Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
1111 - Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
1204 - 4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
1229 - Queen Blanche of Castile & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
1545 - French King Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
1557 - Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
1606 - England adopts the Union Flag, replaced in 1801 by current Union Flag/Union Jack
1648 - University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
1654 - Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State
1713 - Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
1770 - Townsend Acts repealed
1776 - Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
1782 - Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1787 - Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
1811 - 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA
1820 - Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1826 - Weber's opera "Oberon" premieres in London
1844 - Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States
1857 - Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
1858 - 1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
1859 - Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
1861 - Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
1862 - James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
1862 - Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
1863 - -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
Confederate General/KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest1864 - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn1869 - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1872 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)
1877 - British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1877 - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
1883 - French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
1887 - Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" premieres in Oslo
1892 - George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
1893 - Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
1894 - British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1896 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1898 - Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
1900 - The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May)
Outlaw Jesse James1905 - French Dufaux brothers test helicopter1905 - Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
1907 - Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907 - In Switzerland, parliament passes a new army bill reorganizing the nation's forces into a standing militia, with training required for all males
1908 - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1909 - Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
1911 - 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
1916 - Irish nationalist activist and poet Roger Casement boards submarine U-19 at Wilmshaven, Germany, bound for a rendezvous with the Aud at Tralee
1917 - Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
1917 - Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
1919 - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1926 - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek1927 - Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai1930 - 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
1930 - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1931 - Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1932 - Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
1933 - Moffatt Field commissioned
1934 - Second highest ever wind spped of 372 km/h (231 mph) recorded on Mt Washington
1934 - The US Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1935 - Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1935 - Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1935 - First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
1937 - Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft at Rugby, England.
1938 - 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1938 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1938 - US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1940 - Italy annexes Albania
1940 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
1941 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
Dictator of Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler1941 - Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalarn consults with Hitler1942 - 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
1942 - Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
1943 - Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
1943 - Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1944 - Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind" premieres in NYC
1945 - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
1945 - Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
1945 - Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
1946 - Syria gains independence from France
1951 - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 - Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
1953 - 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
Golfer Ben Hogan1953 - KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting1953 - Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
1954 - 18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
1954 - 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
1954 - Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
1954 - Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1954 - Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
1955 - 1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1955 - salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
1956 - Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
1957 - Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 - 12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
Medical Researcher and Virologist Jonas Salk1958 - Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk1959 - 13th Tony Awards: J B & Redhead win
599 BC - Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism (d. 527 BC)
812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)
1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
1500 - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)
1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
1577 - Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1579 - Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1626 - Paul Hainlein, composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
1695 - Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)
1713 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1716 - Felice de' Giardini, composer
1722 - Pietro Nardini, composer
1724 - Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
1726 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1727 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
1748 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
1760 - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
1764 - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
1769 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
Legislator and Orator Henry Clay (1777)1777 - Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], Hanover County Virginia, US politician
1788 - Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
1791 - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)
1792 - John George Lambton, statesman (1st Earl of Durham), born in London, England
1793 - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
1794 - Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
1796 - George N. Briggs, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
1799 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855)
1801 - Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
1801 - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1802 - Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)
1815 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
1823 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)
1827 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer
1831 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
1831 - George Burgwyn Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1831 - Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 - John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
1839 - Victorin de Joncieres, composer
1840 - Edmond Audran, composer
1848 - José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1880)
1851 - Emil Liebling, composer
1852 - [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
1856 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)
1863 - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
1868 - Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918)
1869 - Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer
1871 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
1878 - Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
1879 - Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children's book week
1883 - Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
1883 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1959)
1884 - Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)
1884 - Tenby Davies, Welsh world champion runner (d. 1932)
1887 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918)
1888 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
1894 - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58)
1898 - Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
1898 - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris) (d. 1976)
1901 - Lowell Stockman, American representative (d. 1962)
1902 - Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
1904 - Harald James Penrose, pilot
1907 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
1907 - Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (d. 1979)
1908 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1908 - John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1908 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
1908 - Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American Air Force pilot (d. 2006)
1910 - Jorgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
1911 - Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
1911 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1911 - Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization Engineer (d. 1976)
1912 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912 - Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
1912 - Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1912 - Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1913 - Keiko Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan, martial artist, (d. 2013)
1914 - Armen Alchian, American economist
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1915 - [Theodore Roosevelt] Hound Dog Taylor, Natchez Mississippi, American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
1916 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer
1916 - Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)
1917 - M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)
1917 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
1917 - Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1918 - 18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer, (d. 2012)
1919 - Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
1919 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher
1919 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1919 - Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, pianist (Misia), born in Chicago, Illinois
812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)
1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
1500 - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)
1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
1577 - Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1579 - Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1626 - Paul Hainlein, composer
1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
1695 - Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)
1713 - Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1716 - Felice de' Giardini, composer
1722 - Pietro Nardini, composer
1724 - Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
1726 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1727 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
1748 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
1760 - Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
1764 - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
1769 - Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
Legislator and Orator Henry Clay (1777)1777 - Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], Hanover County Virginia, US politician1788 - Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
1791 - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)
1792 - John George Lambton, statesman (1st Earl of Durham), born in London, England
1793 - Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
1794 - Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
1796 - George N. Briggs, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
1799 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1855)
1801 - Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
1801 - Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1802 - Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)
1815 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
1823 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)
1827 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer
1831 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
1831 - George Burgwyn Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1831 - Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 - John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
1839 - Victorin de Joncieres, composer
1840 - Edmond Audran, composer
1848 - José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1880)
1851 - Emil Liebling, composer
1852 - [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
1856 - William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)
1863 - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
1868 - Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander (d. 1918)
1869 - Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer
1871 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
1878 - Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
1879 - Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children's book week
1883 - Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
1883 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1959)
1884 - Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)
1884 - Tenby Davies, Welsh world champion runner (d. 1932)
1887 - Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918)
1888 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
1894 - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58)
1898 - Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
1898 - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris) (d. 1976)
1901 - Lowell Stockman, American representative (d. 1962)
1902 - Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
1903 - Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
1904 - Harald James Penrose, pilot
1907 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
1907 - Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (d. 1979)
1908 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
1908 - John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
1908 - Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
1908 - Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American Air Force pilot (d. 2006)
1910 - Jorgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
1911 - Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
1911 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1911 - Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization Engineer (d. 1976)
1912 - Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
1912 - Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
1912 - Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1912 - Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
1912 - Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
1913 - Gabor Jodal, composer
1913 - Keiko Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan, martial artist, (d. 2013)
1914 - Armen Alchian, American economist
1915 - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
1915 - [Theodore Roosevelt] Hound Dog Taylor, Natchez Mississippi, American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
1916 - Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
1916 - Beverly Cleary, American writer
1916 - Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)
1917 - M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)
1917 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
1917 - Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1918 - 18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
1919 - Istvan Anhalt, composer, (d. 2012)
1919 - Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
1919 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher
1919 - Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
1919 - Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1920 - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
1920 - Robert Fizdale, pianist (Misia), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 12 of 12
1385 - Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless, marries Margaret of Bavaria in political double wedding with his sister
1385 - Willem van Oostervant of Bavaria weds Philip the Bold's daughter Marguerite (10)
1583 - William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
King of Sardinia and ItalyVictor Emmanuel II (1842)1842 - Sardinia king Victor Emmanuel II (22) weds queen Adelaide of Austria (20) at Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi
1913 - Author Upton Sinclair (34) weds writer Mary Craig (31)
1918 - American Playwright Eugene O'Neill marries second wife novelist Agnes Boulton
1952 - Cambodia king Norodom Sihanouk (29) weds Paule Monique Izzi
1986 - Author Arianna Huffington (35) weds politician Michael Huffington (38)
1996 - Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper (60) weds actress Victoria Duffy (29) at Boston's Old South Church
2003 - Prince Laurent of Belgium (39)marries Claire Coombs (29) in Belgium
2014 - Actress Ginnifer Goodwin (35) weds actor Josh Dallas (32) in Los Angeles, California
2014 - Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter (34) weds long term girlfriend Lauren Kitt in Santa Barbara, California
1385 - Willem van Oostervant of Bavaria weds Philip the Bold's daughter Marguerite (10)
1583 - William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
King of Sardinia and ItalyVictor Emmanuel II (1842)1842 - Sardinia king Victor Emmanuel II (22) weds queen Adelaide of Austria (20) at Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi1913 - Author Upton Sinclair (34) weds writer Mary Craig (31)
1918 - American Playwright Eugene O'Neill marries second wife novelist Agnes Boulton
1952 - Cambodia king Norodom Sihanouk (29) weds Paule Monique Izzi
1986 - Author Arianna Huffington (35) weds politician Michael Huffington (38)
1996 - Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper (60) weds actress Victoria Duffy (29) at Boston's Old South Church
2003 - Prince Laurent of Belgium (39)marries Claire Coombs (29) in Belgium
2014 - Actress Ginnifer Goodwin (35) weds actor Josh Dallas (32) in Los Angeles, California
2014 - Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter (34) weds long term girlfriend Lauren Kitt in Santa Barbara, California
Actress Mary Astor (1935)1935 - Actress Mary Astor (28) divorces Dr. Franklyn Thorpe after 4 years of marriage1992 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 100 of 106
45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
352 - Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
434 - Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1555 - Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1690 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1704 - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1704)1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 77
1748 - William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
1760 - Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German baroque composer, dies at 64
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1788 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
1795 - Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
1795 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1797 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1817 - Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
1828 - Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60
1845 - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1850 - Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
1859 - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
1864 - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1872 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
1878 - William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
1896 - Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1902 - Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
1909 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
1910 - William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
Humanitarian Clara Barton(1912)1912 - Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
1914 - Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
1922 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
1938 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1945 - Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1946 - August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
1946 - F Guicciardi, writer, dies
1947 - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1951 - Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
1954 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
1959 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
1959 - James Gleason, dies at 76
1961 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945)1961 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
1962 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1965 - Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
1966 - Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
1971 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1971 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
1972 - C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
1972 - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
1974 - Carl Jaffe, dies at 72
1975 - Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
1976 - Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
1977 - Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
1980 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980 - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
1980 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
1981 - Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
1981 - Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis (1981)1981 - Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies of cardiac arrest at 66
1983 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
1986 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1988 - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1991 - James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
1992 - Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
Middle/welterweight championship boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1989)1993 - Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1993 - Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
1994 - Jean Carmet, dies at 72
1994 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1995 - Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56
1996 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
1996 - Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
1996 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
1997 - George Wald, scientist, (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina) dies at 90
1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2001 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
2006 - Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)
2006 - Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
Scientist George Wald(1997)2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
2008 - Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
352 - Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
434 - Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1555 - Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1690 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1704 - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1704)1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 771748 - William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
1760 - Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German baroque composer, dies at 64
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1788 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
1795 - Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
1795 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1797 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1817 - Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
1828 - Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60
1845 - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1850 - Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
1859 - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
1864 - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1872 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
1878 - William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
1896 - Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1902 - Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
1909 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
1910 - William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
Humanitarian Clara Barton(1912)1912 - Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 901914 - Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
1922 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
1938 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1945 - Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1946 - August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
1946 - F Guicciardi, writer, dies
1947 - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1951 - Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
1954 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
1959 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
1959 - James Gleason, dies at 76
1961 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945)1961 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 931962 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1965 - Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
1966 - Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
1971 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1971 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
1972 - C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
1972 - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
1974 - Carl Jaffe, dies at 72
1975 - Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
1976 - Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
1977 - Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
1980 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980 - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
1980 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
1981 - Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
1981 - Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis (1981)1981 - Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies of cardiac arrest at 661983 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
1986 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1988 - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1991 - James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
1992 - Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
Middle/welterweight championship boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1989)1993 - Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies1993 - Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
1994 - Jean Carmet, dies at 72
1994 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1995 - Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56
1996 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
1996 - Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
1996 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
1997 - George Wald, scientist, (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina) dies at 90
1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2001 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
2006 - Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)
2006 - Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
Scientist George Wald(1997)2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)2008 - Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1959 - France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1960 - Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1960 - Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1961 - 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charleswins 4
1961 - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1963 - Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
1963 - Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1964 - 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
1964 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1965 - 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1966 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
Golfer Arnold Palmer1966 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
1966 - Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1968 - Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
1969 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1970 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Sudan adopts constitution
1973 - Swaziland suspends constitution
1975 - Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1975 - Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland
1976 - India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1976 - Anne Rice's debut novel "Interview with a Vampire" is published by Knopf.
Author Anne Rice1979 - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1980 - BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow Olympic games
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
1980 - Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1981 - 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1981 - Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1982 - 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 - Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor
LPGA Golfer Donna Caponi1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1986 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1987 - 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 - Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1987 - Texaco files for bankruptcy
1988 - Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 - Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
1988 - Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 - Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
1989 - 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker, Bobby Brown win
1989 - Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1990 - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 - James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1990 - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
1991 - 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
1992 - 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
1992 - 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino
Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples1992 - 56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
1992 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1992 - Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1992 - Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1992 - NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 - Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1994 - Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
1998 - 62nd Golf Masters Championship: Mark O'Meara wins, shooting a 279
1998 - An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2002 - Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez.
President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez2002 - Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
2009 - U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth.
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2009 - 73rd Golf Masters Championship: Ángel Cabrera wins, shooting a 276
2010 - A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
2012 - A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect
2012 - Bodleian, Oxford University and Vatican libraries announce over 1.5 million pages of ancient texts will be made available across the internet
2012 - Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president
2013 - 11 people are killed and 30 are injured in mosque attacks across Iraq
2013 - A man-made 32-foot and 60 tonne monument that is dates around 2000 BC is discovered in the Sea of Galilee
2014 - The new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced1921 - A W Mabbs, archivist
1959 - France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
1960 - Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
1960 - Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
1961 - 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charleswins 4
1961 - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1961 - Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
1963 - Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
1963 - Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
1964 - 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
1964 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1965 - 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1966 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
Golfer Arnold Palmer1966 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-21966 - Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1968 - Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
1969 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
1970 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1973 - France recognizes North Vietnam
1973 - Sudan adopts constitution
1973 - Swaziland suspends constitution
1975 - Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1975 - Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland
1976 - India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1976 - Anne Rice's debut novel "Interview with a Vampire" is published by Knopf.
Author Anne Rice1979 - Soyuz 33 returns to Earth1980 - BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
1980 - Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
1980 - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow Olympic games
1980 - Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.
1980 - Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1981 - 45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
1981 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1981 - Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
1982 - 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
1983 - Harold Washington elected Chicago's 1st black mayor
LPGA Golfer Donna Caponi1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR1985 - 16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
1986 - 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1987 - 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
1987 - Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1987 - Texaco files for bankruptcy
1988 - Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 - Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
1988 - Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
1988 - Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
1989 - 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker, Bobby Brown win
1989 - Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
1990 - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
1990 - James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
1990 - 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss
1991 - 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
1991 - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
1991 - US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
1992 - "Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
1992 - 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
1992 - 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino
Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples1992 - 56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 2751992 - Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
1992 - Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
1992 - Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
1992 - NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
1992 - Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
1994 - Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
1998 - 62nd Golf Masters Championship: Mark O'Meara wins, shooting a 279
1998 - An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
1999 - US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2002 - Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez.
President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez2002 - Palestinian suicide bomber (female) kills 7 and injures 104 (among them 9 Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.2009 - U.S. Navy rescues captain Richard Phillips, killing three pirates and capturing a fourth.
2009 - President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2009 - 73rd Golf Masters Championship: Ángel Cabrera wins, shooting a 276
2010 - A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
2012 - A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect
2012 - Bodleian, Oxford University and Vatican libraries announce over 1.5 million pages of ancient texts will be made available across the internet
2012 - Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president
2013 - 11 people are killed and 30 are injured in mosque attacks across Iraq
2013 - A man-made 32-foot and 60 tonne monument that is dates around 2000 BC is discovered in the Sea of Galilee
2014 - The new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced1921 - A W Mabbs, archivist
1923 - Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
1923 - E C Meade, British chartered accountant
1924 - Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1924 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
1925 - Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
1927 - Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
1927 - Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
1928 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
1928 - Hardy Krüger, German actor
1929 - Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko), (d. 2013)
1930 - Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1930 - Bryan Magee, writer
1930 - Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, Irish peer and public servant
1930 - Lou A de Graaf, Dutch asst secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
1930 - Uwe Kitzinger, President (Templeton College, Oxford)
1930 - Manuel Neri, American artist
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1931 - Martin Boykan, composer
1931 - Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 - Henri Lazarof, composer
1932 - Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
1932 - Dennis Banks, American activist
1932 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005)
1932 - Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], New York, musician, (d. 1996)
1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
1934 - Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer
1935 - Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
1936 - Charles Napier, actor (Night Stalker, Rambo)
1936 - Kennedy A Simmonds, premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983-95)
1937 - Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
1937 - Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, playwright, born in London, England
1939 - Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
1940 - Herbie Hancock, pianist (I Thought it Was You), born in Chicago, Illinois
1940 - John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
1941 - Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
1941 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
1942 - Bill Bryden, theatre director
1942 - Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
1942 - Frank Bank, Hollywood California, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
1942 - Carlos Reutemann, Argentine racing driver and politician
1943 - Charles Ludlam, playwright/actor (Big Easy), born in NYC, New York
1944 - John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], Tilsit, East Prussia, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
1944 - Karel Kryl, folk singer
1945 - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
1945 - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
1946 - Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children)
1946 - Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena)
1946 - René Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
1947 - Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx)
Comedian and Television HostDavid Letterman (1947)1947 - David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
1947 - Tom Clancy, Baltmore Maryland, American author
1947 - Antonin Kratochvil photographer
1948 - Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70's)
1948 - Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (d. 2008)
1948 - Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
1948 - Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer
1949 - Scott Turow, American writer
1950 - David Cassidy, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family), born in NYC, New York
1950 - Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
1950 - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
1950 - Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)
1951 - Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
1952 - Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
1952 - J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
1952 - Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
1952 - Reuben Gant, American professional football player
1954 - Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1954 - Pat Travers, Toronto, Ontario, Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight)
1956 - Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
1956 - Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer
1958 - Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1958 - Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
1958 - Howard Stableford, English actor and host
1959 - Elissa Leeds, actress (Cissy-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
CBC Sportscaster Ron MacLean (1960)1960 - Ron MacLean, Zweibrücken Germany, Canadian sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
1961 - Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988)
1961 - Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician
1962 - Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler
1964 - Mike Macfarlane, Stockton CA, catcher (KC Royals)
1964 - Amy Ray, American musician
1965 - Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
1965 - Tom O'Brien, American actor-producer
1966 - Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
1966 - Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1966 - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1967 - Donna Andrews, Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1967 - Kirk Everist, water polo driver (Olympics-96), born in Houston, Texas
1967 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
1968 - Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1968 - Alicia Coppola, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
1968 - Neal Fort, CFL tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1923 - E C Meade, British chartered accountant
1924 - Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
1924 - Sergiu Natra, composer
1924 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
1925 - Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
1927 - Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
1927 - Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
1928 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
1928 - Hardy Krüger, German actor
1929 - Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko), (d. 2013)
1930 - Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1930 - Bryan Magee, writer
1930 - Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, Irish peer and public servant
1930 - Lou A de Graaf, Dutch asst secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
1930 - Uwe Kitzinger, President (Templeton College, Oxford)
1930 - Manuel Neri, American artist
1931 - Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
1931 - Martin Boykan, composer
1931 - Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 - Henri Lazarof, composer
1932 - Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
1932 - Dennis Banks, American activist
1932 - Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005)
1932 - Tiny Tim [ Herbert Khaury], New York, musician, (d. 1996)
1933 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano
1934 - Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer
1935 - Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
1936 - Charles Napier, actor (Night Stalker, Rambo)
1936 - Kennedy A Simmonds, premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983-95)
1937 - Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
1937 - Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
1939 - Alan Ayckbourn, playwright, born in London, England
1939 - Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
1940 - Herbie Hancock, pianist (I Thought it Was You), born in Chicago, Illinois
1940 - John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
1941 - Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
1941 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
1942 - Bill Bryden, theatre director
1942 - Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
1942 - Frank Bank, Hollywood California, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
1942 - Carlos Reutemann, Argentine racing driver and politician
1943 - Charles Ludlam, playwright/actor (Big Easy), born in NYC, New York
1944 - John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], Tilsit, East Prussia, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
1944 - Karel Kryl, folk singer
1945 - Hilary Nicolle, educationist
1945 - Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
1946 - Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children)
1946 - Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena)
1946 - René Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
1947 - Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx)
Comedian and Television HostDavid Letterman (1947)1947 - David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)1947 - Tom Clancy, Baltmore Maryland, American author
1947 - Antonin Kratochvil photographer
1948 - Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70's)
1948 - Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (d. 2008)
1948 - Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister of Germany
1948 - Sandra "Lois" Reeves, American singer
1949 - Scott Turow, American writer
1950 - David Cassidy, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family), born in NYC, New York
1950 - Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
1950 - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
1950 - Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)
1951 - Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
1952 - Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
1952 - J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
1952 - Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
1952 - Reuben Gant, American professional football player
1954 - Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1954 - Pat Travers, Toronto, Ontario, Canadian rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight)
1956 - Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
1956 - Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
1956 - Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
1956 - Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer
1958 - Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1958 - Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
1958 - Howard Stableford, English actor and host
1959 - Elissa Leeds, actress (Cissy-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
CBC Sportscaster Ron MacLean (1960)1960 - Ron MacLean, Zweibrücken Germany, Canadian sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada)1961 - D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
1961 - Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988)
1961 - Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
1962 - Art Alexakis, American musician
1962 - Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler
1964 - Mike Macfarlane, Stockton CA, catcher (KC Royals)
1964 - Amy Ray, American musician
1965 - Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
1965 - Tom O'Brien, American actor-producer
1966 - Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
1966 - Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1966 - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1967 - Donna Andrews, Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1967 - Kirk Everist, water polo driver (Olympics-96), born in Houston, Texas
1967 - Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
1968 - Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1968 - Alicia Coppola, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
1968 - Neal Fort, CFL tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1970 - Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician
1971 - Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
1971 - Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
Actress Shannen Doherty(1971)1971 - Shannen Doherty, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1971 - Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1972 - Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer
1972 - Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
1973 - Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)
1973 - Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996)
1973 - J. Scott Campbell, American comic book artist
1974 - Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
1974 - Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Oly-gold-98)
1974 - Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Belinda Emmett, Australian actor(d. 2006)
1974 - Marley Shelton, American actor
1975 - Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 - Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong (1996)
1976 - Brad Miller, American basketball player
1977 - Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 - Glenn Rogers, Scottish Cricket Player
1977 - Sarah Jane Morris, American actor
1977 - Jordana Spiro, American actor
1978 - Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician
1978 - Riley Smith, American actor
Actress Claire Danes (1979)1979 - Claire Danes, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet), born in NYC, New York
1979 - Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
1979 - Elena Grosheva, Olympic gymnast
1979 - Paul Nicholls, English actor
1979 - Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
1980 - Brian McFadden, Irish Singer
1980 - Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
1981 - Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer
1981 - Jaspreet Singh, businessman
1981 - Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1982 - Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1985 - Jeisa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel
1985 - Ted Ginn, American football player
1985 - Paul Murphy, Irish footballer
1985 - Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer
1986 - Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
1987 - Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1994 - Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
1994 - Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer
1970 - Nick Hexum, American musician
1971 - Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
1971 - Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
Actress Shannen Doherty(1971)1971 - Shannen Doherty, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210), born in Memphis, Tennessee1971 - Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1972 - Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer
1972 - Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
1973 - Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)
1973 - Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996)
1973 - J. Scott Campbell, American comic book artist
1974 - Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
1974 - Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Oly-gold-98)
1974 - Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Belinda Emmett, Australian actor(d. 2006)
1974 - Marley Shelton, American actor
1975 - Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1975 - Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong (1996)
1976 - Brad Miller, American basketball player
1977 - Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 - Glenn Rogers, Scottish Cricket Player
1977 - Sarah Jane Morris, American actor
1977 - Jordana Spiro, American actor
1978 - Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
1978 - Guy Berryman, British musician
1978 - Riley Smith, American actor
Actress Claire Danes (1979)1979 - Claire Danes, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet), born in NYC, New York1979 - Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
1979 - Elena Grosheva, Olympic gymnast
1979 - Paul Nicholls, English actor
1979 - Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
1980 - Brian McFadden, Irish Singer
1980 - Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
1981 - Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer
1981 - Jaspreet Singh, businessman
1981 - Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1982 - Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1985 - Jeisa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel
1985 - Ted Ginn, American football player
1985 - Paul Murphy, Irish footballer
1985 - Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer
1986 - Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
1987 - Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1994 - Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
1994 - Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer
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